Google has potential plans to develop a version of its search engine that would assist the Chinese government to censor websites like Wikipedia or the BBC. Director Silkie Carlo commented:
“Google is supposed to be a gateway to free information. To see a tech giant and government collude to oppress a population is a watershed moment.”
Google may help China censor sites
The story was also featured on the Daily Telegraph: Google accused of ‘chilling’ complicity in China after plans to launch censored search engine leak